During a discussion on copyright I recently had with a number of local editors, I asked myself why should a small medical journal need to hold the copyright? While it is still a common practice for journals to require authors to transfer copyright to the publisher, does the IJOEM publisher need to hold the copyright of articles published in the journal? IJOEM wants to be able to publish an article first (paper and electronic format) and nothing more. With this in mind, the IJOEM is changing its copyright policy. We believe this change is author-friendly and could lead to further dissemination of knowledge in part, because it allows others to freely and fairly use what we have published.
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